The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-03-25

o; your life, and you appoint some occa-
sion Of fnirth or socialitv, or useful ness,
and when the clock strikes the hour you
can not mako your appearance. Perhaps
the trouble IL between the ear and the
forehead, in the shape Of . neuralgia
twnge. Nobody can SEQ 1t or sympathiss
with you; but Just ct the tim, whsn you
want your intellect clsarost, and your dis
position brightest, you feel . sharp, koch.
disconcerting thrust Tas Lord sent the
hornet.
Perhaps these small insect annoyancos
will come in tbs shape Of domestic irrita-
ton. Tho parlor and kitchen do not a.
ways harmonizs. To get good service and
keep it Is one Of tho great questions Of tbs
country. Sometimes it may be the AFRO
gancy and inconsids raten.ss Of tbs en-
ployers; but whatever be- the
fact, VIC all admit there are thess
insect annoyances winging their way out
from the culinary department II the
grace Of God be not in the heart Of the
hOusekceper, she can not maintain her
equ: The men come home at night
and hear the story Of these annoyance.
and say:
40, these home troubles are very little
things"
They are small, small as wasps, but thsy
sting. Martha's nerves were all unstrung
when she rushed in asking Christ to re-
prove Mary, and there are tens OF thoI-
sands Of women WIN are dying, stung to
death by these pestiferous domestic an
noyances. The Lord sent the hornet.
These small insect disturbances may
come in the shape OF business irritatiOns.
There are men hcre who went through
1857 and September "a, 1869, without losing
their balance, who arc every day I'M
horscd BY little annoyances-a clerks
ill-manners, or bio. of ink Oh q bill of
lading, or the extravaganza of a partner
who over lraws h s account, or the under
selling by business rival. or the whisper
ing Of business condolences in the street,
making Of some little bad debt which was
against your judgment, just to please
somebody else.
1t is not the panics that kilt tho mer-
chants. Panics come only oncs in ten
or twenty years. 1t is the constant
din OF these everyday annoyances
which il sending SO many OF our
best merchants into nervOu, dyspepsia
and paralysis and tho grave. Whel our
National commerce fell II 1t on its face,
these men stood up and felt almost de-
faint; but their life Is giving way now
under the swarm OF these pes5iferOus an
novanccs. The Lord sent the hornet.
have noticed in tn, history OF some Of
my congregation that their annoyances
are multiplying and that they have hun
dreI whore they used 10 have ten. Tho
naturalist tolls us that wasp sometimes
has a family of %, 900. and it does seem As
if every annoyano, Of your life bred 1,OoO-
IL, Ill, - n 4 10
show you the other side.
The hornet is Of no usea Oh, yes. The
natural;sts tell us they ar very important
in the worlds economy. They kill spiders
and they clear the atmosphere. Aud
really believe God sends tho annOyances
Of our life upon US to kill IN, spiders of
the soul and to clear tho atmosphere Of
our skies.
These annoyances are sent On US, think,
to wake us up from our lethargy. There
is nothing that makes man so Lively as
nest of "yc.low jsckcts," and think that
these annoyances are intended to persuade
us of the fact that this il not world for
US to stop in. II we had b,l Of any
thing that was attractive and soft and
e,sy, what would we want of II ,aven!
You think that the hollow tree senls the
hornet, or you think the devil sends the
hornet. i want to correct your opinion.
The Lord sent the hornet.
Then l also think these annoyances
come upon us to culture our patience. In
the gymnasium you find upright parallel
bars-5ars with holes over each other for
pegs TO be PIT in. Then tho Gymnast
takes peg in each hand and h begins 20
climb, one inca at time, or two inches,
and, getting his strength cultured, reaches
after awhile this ling. And it seems to
me that these ai.nOyances IN life are q
moral gymnasium. c,ch worry u peg by
which we are IT, Climb higher and higher
in Christian attainment.
We all love II see patience, but IL can
not be cultured in far weather. 1t is n
child Of tho storm. If you hal cvory thing
desirable and there was nothing more to
get, what would you want with pItience!
The only time TO cultivate it is when you
are slandcrcJ and cheated, ami SICK and
half dead.
"Oh," you say, ''if 1 only had tho cir
cumstanccs OF some weil-to-do-man
would be patient too"
Y~u might as well say:
To- i. were no: for this water would
sw,,,,;"
Or,
81 could shoot this gun il it were not for
the caps"
When you stand chin-dcep in annoy
ances is tho time for you to swim ont to-
ward the great hcadlands of Christian at.
tainment, and when your life is 10 ,dc,l to
the muzzlc with repa!sivc annOyances-
that is the time t. draw the trigger.
Nothing hut the furnace will ever
burn out OF us the clinker and
The Stag have formed this the Dry in re-
gard to smi Ill annOyanccs and vexations:
1t takes just 50 much trouble to fit us for
usefulness and for heaven. Tho only
question is whether VIC shall take il: in
bulk. or pulvcrized and graduated.
Hero is one man that takes it in the
bulk. His back is broken, or his eyesight
Put out, or some other calamity befails
him; while the vast ma jnrity Of people take
the thing Ileccmeal. Which way would
you rather have it'll or course in Gee
meal. Better have five aching t,c;h than
one booken j-w. Better ten fy-blistcrs
than an ampu:ation. Better tw,nty
squalls than one cyclone. Th,re may BE
IA difference of opniO rs to aIlopa,hy and
homeopathy; but in this matter of trouble
like homeopathic doses-small peiicts Of
annoyance rathar than some knock-down
dose Ct calamity. Instead OF the thunder
bolt. give us the hornet.
If you have bank ycu would q great
deal rather that fifty men should cone in
with chec<s less than SID than to have
two depositOrs to come in the same day,
each wanting his $4,000. In this latter
case you cough and look down Mt the floor
and up ut the ceiling before you look into
the safe. Now, my friends, would you not
rather have these small drafts Of annoy
ance on your bank Of fai than some all
staggering demand upon your endurance!
l want to make you so strong that you
will not sure der to small anuoyances